title: Walk this way.
abstract: The neural mechanisms that decide when and where to walk are not well understood. In this issue of Neuron, Felsen and Mainen use an olfactory-guided orienting task to show that the superior colliculus is necessary in rodents for the normal execution of spatial locomotor choices.
authors.affiliation: Systems Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. rich@salk.edu
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Krauzlis
authors.forename: Lee P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Lovejoy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000502:physiology; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology*